March and May. The program is co-sponsored by the alumni and parents
associations.

The pounds and pounds of spuds
planted by 25 members of the Northern
New Jersey Club during an April 23
event benefited America’s Grow-a-Row, a nonprofit that feeds the hungry
locally. Robert Scott ’85, a business
major, president of the New Jersey
club and founder and managing partner
of Main Street Wealth Management,
says that because the club’s members
are always so excited about community
service, their group holds not only a
Bucknell CARES event annually but
also volunteers in December at a
food bank.

Julia Buirkle ’ 15, a neuroscience
major and research assistant at Boston
Children’s Hospital, organized the
Boston club’s participation in the April
30 Charles River Clean Up, which drew
3,000 volunteers, including about 35
Bucknellians, who picked up trash.

“It was a perfect way to bond overa shared experience and make lastingconnections,” Buirkle says, adding,“It’s great to have another opportunity[like those provided during her studentdays] to give back to the community.”Stetler agrees that BucknellCARES “is a great anchor program forBucknellians to give back their owncommunities,” which is something theUniversity supports at all levels.

For more information about Bucknell CARES,
go to bucknell.edu/BucknellCARES.

Previously known as Spring
Community Service Events, the name
was changed two years ago, explains
Kristin Stetler, senior associate director
of Alumni Relations. “We wanted a

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Opportunities&EventsNot everyone would consider spending a Saturday planting by hand enough potatoes to produce an 18-ton harvest to help others, but Bucknellians would. They have been doing that and a lot more as part of the BucknellCARES (Clubs Annual Regional Events of Service) program.Springing Into ActionBucknell CARES engages service-oriented alumni around the world.By Heidi Hormel

Bucknellians in Boston turned out
to help clean up the Charles River.

Alumni House

This spring, 25 regional clubs,
including the London club, sponsored
events with about 323 participants,
including alumni, parents, students
and others.

Bucknell CARES events can happen
any time in the spring, usually between